Wheel device for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11820167-B2
Application number	US-202117205366-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 18, 2021
Priority date	Mar 23, 2020
Publication date	Nov 21, 2023
Grant date	Nov 21, 2023

Abstract

There is provided a wheel device for a vehicle including: a wheel having an opening formed between adjacent spokes; a brake mechanism located inside the wheel in a vehicle width direction and having a brake caliper and a brake rotor; and an arc portion extending in a circular direction in the opening and suspended between the adjacent spokes. The arc portion has a recessed portion recessed outward in the vehicle width direction inside thereof in the vehicle width direction, and the arc portion and the brake caliper are located at such positions that they overlap with each other in a state viewed in the vehicle width direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A wheel device for a vehicle, the wheel device comprising:
a wheel including a rim where a tire fits, a hub to be attached to a vehicle shaft, and a plurality of spokes each of which connects the rim and the hub, and openings formed between adjacent spokes of the plurality of spokes;
a brake mechanism located inside the wheel in a vehicle width direction and including a brake caliper and a brake rotor; and
an arc portion arced about the hub in a circular direction in one of the openings and suspended by the adjacent spokes,
wherein the arc portion comprises a recessed portion which is recessed outward in the vehicle width direction inside the arc portion in the vehicle width direction and which includes an outer portion on a radially outer side and an inner portion on a radially inner side facing the outer portion across the recessed portion,
wherein at least one of the brake caliper and the brake rotor is located at such a position that the at least one overlaps with the arc portion in a state viewed in the vehicle width direction, and
wherein the outer portion and the inner portion extend inward in the vehicle width direction.

2. The wheel device for a vehicle according to claim 1 ,
wherein a relationship between a distance “a” and a distance “b” is set to that a≤b, the distance “a” being a distance between an inner circumferential face of the inner portion and a central axis of the wheel, the distance “b” being a distance between an outer peripheral face of the brake caliper and the central axis of the wheel.

3. The wheel device for a vehicle according to claim 1 ,
wherein at least a portion of the arc portion projects inward in the vehicle width direction further than an inner end of a corresponding one of the plurality of spokes in the vehicle width direction.

4. The wheel device for a vehicle according to claim 2 ,
wherein at least a portion of the arc portion projects inward in the vehicle width direction relative to an inner end of a corresponding one of the plurality of spokes in the vehicle width direction.

5. The wheel device for a vehicle according to claim 2 ,
wherein an outer portion edge is formed at a border where an outer circumferential face of the outer portion and an inner face of the outer portion in the vehicle width direction meet.

6. The wheel device for a vehicle according to claim 2 ,
wherein an inner portion edge is formed at a border where the inner circumferential face of the inner portion and an inner face of the inner portion in the vehicle width direction intersect each other.

7. A wheel device for a vehicle, the wheel device comprising:
a wheel including a rim where a tire fits, a hub to be attached to a vehicle shaft, and a plurality of spokes each of which connects the rim and the hub, and openings formed between adjacent spokes of the plurality of spokes;
a brake mechanism located inside the wheel in a vehicle width direction and including a brake caliper and a brake rotor; and
an arc portion extending in a circular direction in one of the openings and suspended between the adjacent spokes,
wherein the arc portion comprises a recessed portion recessed outward in the vehicle width direction inside the arc portion in the vehicle width direction,
wherein at least one of the brake caliper and the brake rotor is located at such a position that the at least one overlaps with the arc portion in a state viewed in the vehicle width direction,
wherein the arc portion includes an outer portion on a radially outer side and an inner portion on a radially inner side facing the outer portion across the recessed portion,
wherein a relationship between a distance “a” and a distance “b” is set to that a≤b, the distance “a” being a distance between an inner circumferential face of the inner portion and a central axis of the wheel, the distance “b” being a distance between an outer peripheral face of the brake caliper and the central axis of the wheel,
wherein an outer portion edge is formed at a border where an outer circumferential face of the outer portion and an inner face of the outer portion in the vehicle width direction meet, and
wherein a cross section of the outer portion edge is formed in a right-angled shape.

8. The wheel device for a vehicle according to claim 6 ,
wherein a cross section of the inner portion edge is formed in a right-angled shape.

9. The wheel device for a vehicle according to claim 2 ,
wherein a distance “d” between an outer circumferential face of the outer portion and the inner circumferential face of the inner portion is equal to or more than 10 mm, and
wherein a depth “c” of the recessed portion in the vehicle width direction is equal to or more than 13 mm.

10. The wheel device for a vehicle according to claim 1 ,
wherein a distance “L” between the arc portion and the brake caliper is set to 14.8 mm to 42.8 mm.

11. The wheel device for a vehicle according to claim 2 ,
wherein a distance “L” between the arc portion and the brake caliper is set to 14.8 mm to 42.8 mm.

12. A wheel device for a vehicle, the wheel device comprising:
a wheel including a rim where a tire fits, a hub to be attached to a vehicle shaft, and a plurality of spokes each of which connects the rim and the hub, and openings formed between adjacent spokes of the plurality of spokes;
a brake mechanism located inside the wheel in a vehicle width direction and including a brake caliper and a brake rotor; and
an arc portion extending in a circular direction in one of the openings and suspended between the adjacent spokes,
wherein the arc portion comprises a recessed portion recessed outward in the vehicle width direction inside the arc portion in the vehicle width direction,
wherein at least one of the brake caliper and the brake rotor is located at such a position that the at least one overlaps with the arc portion in a state viewed in the vehicle width direction,
wherein the arc portion includes an outer portion on a radially outer side and an inner portion on a radially inner side facing the outer portion across the recessed portion,
wherein a relationship between a distance “a” and a distance “b” is set to that a≤b, the distance “a” being a distance between an inner circumferential face of the inner portion and a central axis of the wheel, the distance “b” being a distance between an outer peripheral face of the brake caliper and the central axis of the wheel, and
wherein a distance “A”, a distance “B”, and a distance “C” are set so as to satisfy that C/A≤0.81 and B/A≤0.15, the distance “A” being a distance between an outer edge of the rim of the wheel in the vehicle width direction and an outer face of the brake rotor in the vehicle width direction, the distance “B” being a distance between an outer face of the outer portion in the vehicle width direction and an inner face of the outer portion in the vehicle width direction, the distance “C” being a distance between an outer face of the arc portion in the vehicle width direction and an outer face of the brake rotor in the vehicle width direction.

13. The wheel device for a vehicle according to claim 1 ,
wherein the arc portion is formed of a plastic member separated from the wheel, and fixed to the wheel.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kawamura Tetsuhiro
• Kuratani Naoshi
• Ambo Kei
• Nagatomi Kenichi
• Takigawa Shota

Classifications

• B60B1/06 Primary

  Wheels with compression spokes (wheels of high resiliency B60B9/00) · CPC title

• B60B27/0052 Primary

  the element being a brake disc · CPC title

• B60B27/0063

  the element being a brake caliper mount · CPC title

• B60B2900/1216

  due to air-drag · CPC title

• B60B3/00 Primary

  Disc wheels, i.e. wheels with load-supporting disc body (non- metallic B60B5/00; wheel cover discs B60B7/00 {; disc wheels comprising rail-engaging elements B60B17/0006}) · CPC title